The book offers a selection of papers presented at a national conference on gender equality and sustainable development hosted by the Department of Home Science, University of Calcutta in 2019. The United States General Assembly in 2015 has set certain Sustainable Development Goals(SDG's) for the year 2030. The SDG's are a set of 17 global warming and environment. Sustainable Development Goal-5 concerns the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls.